Just As Important As Your Fifth! Whichever basic need is ranked at number five does not mean it is unimportant or doesn’t hold value, it just signals that you are most likely having this need fulfilled more regularly than the preceding four. The important thing to know about the ranking is that this is you on paper. Nothing and no one can change these basic needs except for the person looking back at you in the mirror. These are your basic needs and regardless of the order of them, they are you.

This shows you the basic needs that you need to have fulfilled in your relationships, social, and personal life. Ask yourself at each basic need why that one ranks where it does and what changes need to be made and how those changes can be made. No two basic needs can be tied so they have to be concrete and definitive but they can also change over time! If you find that they do change, just draft them again!